LibriVox recording of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare.

William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, based on true events, concerns the conspiracy against Julius Caesar, his assassination in 44 BC, and its immediate aftermath. Probably written in 1599 and among the first of Shakespeare's plays to be performed at the Globe Theater, Julius Caesar is one of his best-known dramas and has received innumerable performances throughout the centuries. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden after Wikipedia)

Cast:
Julius Caesar - Kim Stich
Octavius Caesar - Glenn Simonsen
Antony - Barry Eads
Lepidus and Cicero - David Lawrence
Publius, Poet, and Pindarus - Nathan Miller
Popilius Lena and First Commoner - Andrew
Brutus - Denny Sayers
Cassius - Christopher Sanner
Casca - mb
Trebonius and First Soldier - Mark I. Smith
Ligarius and Second Soldier - om123
Decius Brutus - Kalynda
Metellus Cimber and Dardanius - Chris Caron
Cinna, Young Cato, Second Commoner, Claudius, and Messenger - Sonja
Flavius and Clitus - Mark Penfold
Marullus and Messala - Arielle Lipshaw
Artemidorus - Aspergine
Soothsayer - Availle
Cinna the Poet - Elli
Lucilius - Christian Al-Kadi
Tintinius - Chris Sellers
Volumnius and Servant - Laurie Anne Walden
Varro and Third Soldier- Lucy Perry
Strato - Philippa
Lucius - MGVestal
Calpurnia - Miriam Esther Goldman
Portia - Abigail Bartels
First Citizen - Bellona Times
Second Citizen - Mark Paar
Third Citizen - David Cole
Fourth Citizen - wimberprincess
Stage directions - Elizabeth Klett

Audio edited by David Lawrence

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M4B of Various Shakespeare Plays


This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio

Artist/Composer: William Shakespeare
Date: 2010-02-28
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: Tragedy; history; Rome; play; drama; theater; Librivox; audiobook; literature

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: franktom - - November 21, 2010
Subject: If you have tears...
While the idea of volunteering and producing a public domain recording is commendable and the efforts of most readers to be welcomed there is also a problem with quality.
Unfortunately, most of this version is close to awful. It's almost entirely lacking any sense of drama or passion.
Librivox does not want reviews or feedback for the fear of putting volunteers off. Understandably. But what is the point of then filling hyperspace with poor quality work? Who then gains from that?
There are a few readers here who do a pretty good job, but some are so bad they kill the play and make the whole thing a lifeless drudge, the result too of having a mix-match of voices that include women/girls in male roles (in itself not a bad thing, but sometimes just adding to the cut and paste feel) and others whose native language is not English so that the accents are tasking.
Really some kind of quality direction should be made with these volunteer recordings, however well-intentioned they may be.
The idea of audio Shakespeare is really important, it makes the reading of the texts compeltely different, but should add to the drama and vitality of the work not take away from it!